Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have to admit that when my 10-year-old daughter first told me that the kids in her class have gotten into Italian brainrot, I ...

Cartoonish AI creatures have fast become memes, inspiring a stream of new content such as “Brainrot Rap,” viewed 116 million times on YouTube. School-age Italian ...

Italian brain rot is a niche form of memes that went viral in January 2025. Photo by Michele Bitetto/Unsplash If we’re lucky in the Opinion section, we work through our beliefs completely and support ...

Soft toys of Brainrot characters – inspired by AI-generated characters that have been going viral – displayed at a shop in central Tokyo. (AFP pic) In a Japanese shop selling cheap trinkets, there is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your child has suddenly started yelling "ballerina cappuccina" in a cartoon accent or calling their sibling "champanzine ...

TOKYO (AFP): In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- ...

If you’re the parent of a t(w)een, the memes that fill your social media feeds are probably a whole lot different than your teenager’s. You might be used to seeing a distracted boyfriend, a dog ...

I have to admit that when my 10-year-old daughter first told me that the kids in her class have gotten into Italian brainrot, I showed no curiosity whatsoever. I knew from the name that it was likely ...

In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about — and very few ...

The phenomenon known as Italian Brainrot features a cast of quirky AI-generated characters, such as a walking shark in oversized sneakers and a mug-headed ballerina, which have gained immense ...